LISBON: Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was nominated to be the next UN secretary-general on Thursday.An engineer by training and fervent Catholic, Guterres, 67, fought unflaggingly......
BANGKOK: The national women hockey team made history on Thursday by securing a Semi-Final berth during the ongoing Asian Hockey Federation Cup.In their last pool fixture against Singapore, who had......
ISLAMABAD: A joint session of the Parliament unanimously approved anti-honour killing and anti-rape bills moved by PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar on Thursday.The legislation on honour killings will......
ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded action against non-state actors, especially Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, BBC Urdu reported.During a......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the ongoing Brussels Conference on Afghanistan Thursday.Aziz......
BAGHDAD: Iraq has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss Turkey's military presence on its soil, state television said on Thursday, as a dispute with Ankara......
LAUSANNE: FIFA president Gianni Infantino vowed Thursday that the 2026 World Cup bidding process will be free of the controversy that surrounded the selection of Russia as 2018 hosts and Qatar in......
KARACHI: Suspected militants attacked an Indian Army camp in India-held Kashmir’s (IHK) Kupwara district in the wee hours of Thursday, reported The Indian Express.The report said three militants were......
KARACHI: Veteran Test batsman Younis Khan has been ruled out from the first Test against the West Indies, DawnNews reported on Thursday.Younis, who is recovering from dengue virus, told......
Paceman Shardul Thakur could make his debut for India after he was called up as a replacement for seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the final match of the three-Test series against New Zealand, the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has issued $1 billion of five-year dollar-denominated sukuk bonds in order to offset pressure on its balance of payments and return foreign loans maturing this year.Finance......
WASHINGTON: The White House accused Israel of a betrayal of trust Wednesday, in an unusually sharp rebuke over its plans to build hundreds of new settlement homes deep in the West Bank.Days after......
DHAKA: Bangladeshi army commandos abseiled into the national stadium Thursday as they staged a war game designed to reassure England's cricketers over their security on the eve of the opening ODI of......
Going to the cinema to watch a movie can be a lot of fun. But the fun can only begin once you’re seated in your chosen space, complete with a box of popcorn and a soda.Before that, it’s mostly an......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly told his cabinet colleagues to refrain from chest thumping over India’s claims of a cross border raid against terrorists in Azad Kashmir, but......
ISLAMABAD: A commission comprising Special Prosecutor Misbah-ul-Hasan Qazi and Defence Councel Raja Rizwan Abbasi arrived in Karachi on Thursday to examine a boat, Al-Fouz, believed to have been used......
ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan addressing a joint session of parliament on Thursday said Pakistan is isolated because it gives freedom to non-state actors."The government has been completely......
SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung Electronics is joining the race to create the smartest digital assistant by acquiring Viv, a Silicon Valley startup launched by the same entrepreneurs who sold Siri to......
ABU DHABI: Pakistan's one-day skipper Azhar Ali insisted Thursday that his fast developing team is well set to qualify directly for the 2019 World Cup.Pakistan whitewashed the West Indies 3-0 with a......
DURBAN: David Miller hit a sensational century as South Africa pulled off the second highest ODI run-chase of all time on Wednesday in a four-wicket triumph over Australia at Kingsmead.Miller hit 118......
WASHINGTON: A National Security Agency (NSA) contractor has been arrested and charged with stealing highly classified information, authorities said on Wednesday, a data breach that could mark a......
Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday announced a new "Pixel" smartphone and a suite of new consumer electronics products for the home, planting itself firmly in the hardware business and challenging......
RISALPUR: The international community should condemn the distortion of facts by India regarding held Kashmir and the LoC, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif said on Thursday."We have recently......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday demanded of the federal government through a joint resolution to conduct judicial inquiry into Panama leaks as family of Prime Minister Nawaz......
PESHAWAR: The provincial government made World Teachers’ Day special for teachers of high and higher secondary schools by awarding cash prizes to them for their good performance.Under the Teachers......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar have criticised the government for ‘inequitable’ distribution and gradual decrease in local government funds in the province.They demanded ‘rightful’ funds for local......
KOHAT: The administration here has decided to deploy army troops in Hangu and put them on standby in Kohat from 7th to 10th of Muharram to ensure peace and security in the two cities.It was......
PESHAWAR: Basecamp Peshawar, a co-working and incubation centre, in collaboration with Ilm Ideas2, an NGO, arranged an Education Innovation Challenge (EIC) here to hunt innovative ideas to reform the......
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has directed all private schools to stop offering degree programmes in collaboration with foreign universities.“Private schools in Islamabad, Lahore......
RAWALPINDI: Fearing violence, the local administration and police have asked the administration of the Taleemul Quran seminary in Raja Bazaar to close for three days on Ashura.The seminary, which was......
ISLAMABAD: Daily wage teachers employed by various schools and colleges run by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) marked World Teachers Day on Thursday with a protest against unpaid......
ISLAMABAD: The Centaurus Mall has encroached on over 40 kanals of land worth Rs10 billion and is being run without obtaining a completion certificate, i.e. permission to occupy, from the Capital......
Prof Nivedita Menon is a prominent feminist scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, who has written on the oppressive structure of the nation state, feminist and queer politics and......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to consult with all major political parties on reducing the amount of spending on elections.The decision was taken in light of a......
BAHAWALPUR: Punjab Education Minister Rana Mashhood Khan conferred the VIP status on 10 schoolteachers to acknowledge their invaluable services on the occasion of the World Teachers Day here on......
GUJRAT: Tehsil Municipal Administration has inducted three rickshaws with mini hydraulic containers into its solid-waste squad to keep narrow streets of the city clean. The vehicles have been......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency, Punjab, has started digitalisation of its FIR and interrogation.United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representative Cesar Guedes inaugurated a......
LAHORE: Shakir Ali Museum, a subsidiary of Pakistan National Council of Arts, will reprint some books on Shakir Ali in connection with the painter’s centennial celebrations (March 6, 2016-17).One of......
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has prepared a new integrated curriculum for the MBBS programme in order to provide students with a patient-centred and disease-focused medical......
KARACHI: The Awami National Party has asked the government to first complete the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to fulfil its promise and for the prosperity of smaller......
KARACHI: One of the three Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers in the 168-strong Sindh Assembly seriously objected to the alleged inclusion of dance classes in some private schools and wrote to......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he is committed to transforming Karachi into a livable, green and resilient metropolis by focusing on growth, prosperity,......
KARACHI: In the biggest seizure in the metropolis, a huge cache of arms and ammunition — some of them stolen from Nato containers — was uncovered during a targeted raid on an abandoned house near......
KARACHI: A few days after the legendary American boxer Mohammad Ali passed away, Younus Qambrani of the Pak Shaheen Boxing Club received an interesting phone call.A young girl named Razia Abdul Aziz......
SUKKUR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) in Sukkur and special persons in Umerkot held protests on Wednesday against warmongering from India and genocide of innocent people in the occupied......
MIRPURKHAS: Eighteen men, women and children were brought to the Digri Taluka Hospital for treatment on Wednesday after they fell unconscious in their house in Yaseen Kaimkhani village near Digri......
DADU: Awami Ittehad Party chairman Liaquat Ali Jatoi has warned that he will take Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to court if jobs are sold and merit is trampled upon once again after......
KARACHI: One has to hand it to the ancient Greek philosophers for constructing theories from which thinkers and artists to date are benefitting. In certain cases, contemporary painters, sculptors and......
LONDON: Mazher Mahmood, one of Britain’s best known undercover reporters renowned for his “fake sheikh” sting operations, was facing jail on Wednesday after being convicted of plotting to alter......
ADDIS ABABA: With Chinese conductors at the helm, a fleet of shiny new trains began plying a new route from the Ethiopian capital to Djibouti, in a major boost to both economies.The 750-km railway,......
MIAMI: Weakened but still dangerous, Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas on Wednesday en route to an already jittery Florida after killing at least nine people in the Caribbean in a......
STOCKHOLM: A trio of French, British and Dutch scientists won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for developing molecular machines, the world’s smallest machines that may one day act as......
FARMVILLE: The two candidates for US vice president launched bitter attacks on the reputations and policies of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Tuesday during a fiery debate five weeks from......
The horror, terror and joy felt during perilous rescues of migrant boats have been captured in powerful new images published on Wednesday, as the latest deadly episode in the Mediterranean fuelled......
LONDON: Outgoing UK Independence Party leader Diane James was at the helm for just 18 days before resigning on Tuesday — following a leadership battle won with her reputation for tough......
BOGOTA: Spray-paint cans in hand, a generation of street artists is covering Colombia’s run-down walls with rifles that shoot heart-shaped bullets and rainbow-coloured pleas for peace.After half a......
DAMASCUS: Syria’s military on Wednesday announced a surprise reduction in bombardment of rebel groups in devastated Aleppo, nearly two weeks after declaring an all-out assault to capture the city.The......
MILAN: Spain will be out for revenge when they play old rivals Italy in Turin on Thursday in the standout qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup.Italy beat Spain 2-0 in the round of 16 at the......
KARACHI: Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has criticised BCCI chief Anurag Thakur for his “inflammatory” comments on Pakistan and asked the PCB to push for India to be......
LONDON: Umpires are too quick to clamp down on sledging, says England all-rounder Ben Stokes.Stokes, who has been involved in heated exchanges with West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels, feels officials......
DURBAN: David Warner and Steve Smith hit centuries to lead a strong Australian batting performance in the third One-day International against South Africa at Kingsmead here on Wednesday.The......
BEIJING: World number two Andy Murray crushed Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2, 6-1 and fifth seed David Ferrer overwhelmed Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-4 to reach the China Open quarter-finals in......
MONTEVIDEO: Chile face a daunting trip to Ecuador on Thursday as they attempt to get their faltering 2018 World Cup qualification campaign back on track at a venue where they have never won.After......
LONDON: The contentious move to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar was possibly “the best thing” for football, CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani said on Wednesday.The hosting......
KARACHI: The main purpose behind the formation of the players association seems to have gone in vain. Former Pakistan football team captain Mohammad Essa, however, thinks otherwise.Almost a month ago......
KARACHI: Karachi Whites, Peshawar and Hyderabad qualified for the triangular of the PCB inter-region Under-19 One-day Cricket Tournament by topping their respective pools at the conclusion of the......
KARACHI: The benchmark KSE-100 index rose for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, edging up by 129 points (0.31 per cent) to close at its new all-time high of 41,253.The volume of shares......
ISLAMABAD: Russia is expected to utilise the six-month (October-April) idle capacity of the proposed Central Asia to Pakistan transmission line to sell its surplus electricity to Islamabad and set up......
ISLAMABAD: Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Jose Graziano da Silva has said that Pakistan needs to develop better and efficient coordination......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will issue a $1 billion sukuk bond within hours, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, returning to the international US dollar sukuk market after a two-year absence.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) received 1.1 million income tax returns in tax year 2016, a senior tax official said on Wednesday.“We are expecting more returns this year because the......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected Rs637.1 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, a growth of six per cent compared to Rs600.2bn a year earlier, according to......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has initiated 22 show-cause proceedings against the erring management and companies’ auditors during the month of September.These......
LONDON: Gold steadied on Wednesday after plunging to three-month lows the previous day in a sharp sell-off triggered by speculative selling and a break of key technical support levels, which pushed......
KARACHI: Cotton prices rose in line with world cotton markets on Wednesday. Many spinners rushed to replenish their stocks to meet their near-future needs.Floor brokers said that rising trend......
WASHINGTON: Worldwide public and private debt is at an all-time high, posing a substantial impediment to getting global economic growth back to normal, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said......
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has ordered the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) to establish a special cell to effectively choke terrorists’ financial networks.The order came from......
- Goal 16 focuses on promoting peaceful and inclusive societies- Pakistan faces formidable difficulties realising the targets set for SDG 16THE realisation that the exclusion of improved governance......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Belarus have agreed to raise the volume of bilateral trade from $50 million to $1 billion over the next four years.The agreement was made during a meeting between Prime......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court sought on Wednesday the government’s comprehensive response regarding objectionable portions of the controversial film Maalik whose screening was banned across the......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday took exception to a delay by the federal government in taking action against the MQM’s London-based chief in the wake of his anti-state speeches.Hearing......
When the leaders of India, Iran and Afghanistan gathered in Tehran in the spring for a ceremony marking India’s development of a strategic Iranian port, they recited Persian poetry and said their......
ABU DHABI: Rising star Babar Azam hit his third successive hundred to anchor Pakistan’s 3-0 clean-sweep of the West Indies with a comfortable 136-run win in the third and final one-day match on......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee of the Whole House, which had been constituted to formulate policy guidelines for the government on Pakistan-India relations with particular reference to the Kashmir......
UNITED NATIONS: Antonio Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal, is poised to become the next United Nations secretary general, as none of the five veto-wielding permanent members voted......
ISLAMABAD: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday threw out a case brought by the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) which sought Pakistan to immediately end a “nuclear arms race”......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday accepted his Indian counterpart’s challenge to launch a joint struggle against rampant poverty and rising unemployment in the region and abandon......
LONDON: The Metropolitan Police have requested a two-week delay before deciding if they will try to confiscate cash found in the MQM’s UK headquarters and the London homes of Altaf Hussain and the......
ISLAMABAD: In a blunt, orchestrated and unprecedented warning, the civilian government has informed the military leadership of a growing international isolation of Pakistan and sought consensus on......
IMRAN KHAN, supreme leader of the PTI and would-be national conscience against corruption, is an individual of many words and frequent speeches.Seemingly, every day, in some part or the other of the......
FOR years, Pakistani bureaucrats, politicians and army chiefs have wondered: ‘how can we get the world to take an interest in Kashmir?’ The state’s diplomats have presented the case to their......
WITH the passage of time, it is becoming increasingly clear that projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will cost more than what has been assumed thus far. The costs are coming......
LAST week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced Ahmad al-Mahdi of Mali to nine years’ imprisonment for his part in the destruction of heritage monuments in Timbuktu about four years......
QUETTA: Security forces on Wednesday claimed to have killed five suspected militants during exchange of fire with security forces in Balochistan.The suspects were killed in two separate incidents in......
